He has successfully defended securities broker-dealers and their registered representatives in unsuitability, fraud, churning, and “selling-away” cases. He also practices in the area of trade secret protection and arbitration proceedings in state and federal courts.

Mr. Levasseur has lectured on broker-dealer and securities litigation to trade groups. Before joining Bodman, Mr. Levasseur clerked for the Honorable Stewart A. Newblatt of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Mr. Levasseur is a founder of the Historical Society of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and serves as the Legal/Government Committee Chair and on the Executive Board as the Vice President for Legal Affairs of the Detroit Historical Society. He is a City Attorney for the City of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan.

Mr. Levasseur is listed as the a 2018 Detroit "Lawyer of the Year" for Litigation-Banking & Finance in The Best Lawyers in America. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2018 under Litigation-Banking & Finance and Litigation-Intellectual Property, listed in Chambers USA 2018 under Commercial Litigation, listed in Michigan Super Lawyers 2006-2017 under Securities Litigation, listed in Benchmark Litigation 2008-2018 as a State Litigation Star, and is listed as a 2018 “Top Lawyer” for Commercial Litigation and Municipal Law by DBusiness magazine. He is AV Preeminent® Peer Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Chambers USA 2018, Commercial Litigation

The Best Lawyers in America® 2018 Detroit "Lawyer of the Year," Litigation- Banking & Finance

The Best Lawyers in America® 2012-2018, Litigation-Banking & Finance and Litigation-Intellectual Property